( of two things or people ) 另一 ... lìng yī ... ⇒ the other side of the street → 街道的另一边 jiēdào de lìng yī biān

在不久前某天 zài bùjiǔ qián mǒutiān

( inf : recently ) 几(幾)天/星期前 jǐtiān/xīngqī qián

在某物的另一边(邊) zài mǒuwù de lìng yī biān

一方面 ... ，另一方面 ... yī fāngmiàn ... , lìng yī fāngmiàn ...

我两(兩)个(個)都没(沒)看见(見) wǒ liǎng gè dōu méi kànjiàn

从(從)一个(個)极(極)端到另一个(個)极(極)端 cóng yī gè jíduān dào lìng yī gè jíduān

穿过(過)马(馬)路到另一边(邊) chuān guò mǎlù dào lìng yī biān

If you say that something happened the other day , you mean that it happened a few days ago.

(at Oxford University) Cambridge University

an unexpressed alternative

the woman with whom a married man had or is having an affair

to deliberately ignore something unpleasant , immoral , or illegal that is happening when you should be trying to deal with it or stop it from happening

You use on the other hand to introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts , or ways of looking at something.

said to mean that you do not believe something someone tells you

to complete a task by doing the second and final part of it

You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said .

If you turn the other cheek when someone harms or insults you, you do not harm or insult them in return.

If you say that someone looks the other way , you are critical of them because they pay no attention to something unpleasant that is happening , when they should be dealing with it properly.

You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation .

used for describing the lives of people who are very different from you, for example very rich or very poor , or living in a different country

said to mean that a situation has been changed completely, so that the people who were previously in a better position are now in a worse one, while the people who were previously in a worse position are now in a better one

the situation is reversed for the persons involved

If you say that something goes in one ear and out the other , you mean that someone pays no attention to it, or forgets about it immediately .

If you say , in British English, the boot is on the other foot or, mainly in American English, the shoe is on the other foot , you mean that a situation has been reversed completely, so that the person who was in the better position before is now in the worse one.

indefinite , undecided , or mixed

if a piece of information goes in one ear and out the other, you pay no attention to it, or forget about it immediately

If you do something to several things one after the other or one after another , you do it to one, then the next , and so on, with no break between your actions.

You use one after the other or one after another to say that actions or events happen with very little time between them.

to show sudden disappointment or shame after appearing cheerful or confident

said to warn someone that although they are happy or successful at the moment , things are likely to go wrong for them in the future. The British expression is laugh on the other side of your face .

You can use one way or another or one way or the other when you want to say that something definitely happens , but without giving any details about how it happens.

You can say to someone ' Pull the other one ' or ' Pull the other one, it's got bells on ' to tell them that you do not believe what they have told you and you think they must be joking .

said to mean that both of two people, situations or possible courses of action are equally bad or equally good

on a recent day (or night , afternoon , etc.)

If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that , or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things that you do not want to specify.

said to mean that other people may appear to be in a better or more attractive situation than you, but in reality their situation may not be as good as it seems

to help someone in one way, but also do something which has the opposite effect, for example harming them or preventing them from achieving what they want

said to mean that although someone is happy or successful at the moment , things are likely to go wrong for them in the future . The American expression is someone will be laughing out of the other side of their mouth .